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Old 23-08-2017, 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Joshua Bunn View Post
Hi Greg.
I think you will find the 55mm lens does indeed have 5 times the apeture but it collects 24 times more light on rough figures.

That is why i like using longer focal length fast primes for milkyway shots too ��

Cheers, Josh
Working out the area of each and comparing? Yes I suppose once you add pi and square the radius in their the areas get larger quickly.

I take it you don't mind the extra work of taking so many more images to stitch? Do you still stack multiple images at 50mm?

Greg.
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